Rivals of Aether

Rivals of Aether

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Pohaku

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From the depths of the heart of the world, the Magma Maiden rises!

From traveler to traveler, through adventurer groups, legends spread of a place deep below the earth, below even the Lava Tubes, where civilization thrives amidst an ocean of lava. Talks of treasure, ancient beasts, powerful relics, and of those that live in the magma sea. A town residing around a gigantic stone pillar, one of many that is believed to hold the earths above. And in this town, a quaint shrine dedicated to Kindness, Heart of Flame, resides.

It was a peaceful town, thriving off of trade and fishing. Though, one day, rumors started circulating, a mysterious warrior from the surface, that sought to slay a tyrant who'd lead an army to steal the power of Fire, who'd invade the depths to hunt down Kindness for her power.

Although many simply dismissed such rumors, Pohaku was worried, and despite the calm facade, she knew she had to prepare should the worst happen. Thus, she set out on a pilgrimage with Ai'a, her trusted companion, to the earths above, in search of the mysterious warrior, and should she not find them, then to become strong enough to protect her home.


Binding your opponents in lava chains

Hitting Nspecial and Fspecial will cause you opponents to get chained for a short time, pulling them closer when in hitstun, use this to extend your combos and deal lots of damage!

Hitting a chained opponent with Uspecial, Utilt, or any of the Strongs will break the chain, causing an extra hit that can be confirmed into another hit!

Also, using Dspecial while an opponent is chained will cause a magma polyp to appear, chaining the opponent to it, instead. It can be pretty useful in making a vortex combo, keeping the opponent locked down in a part of the stage of your choosing!


Special Credits
- Kocakup, for making the preview, it's so cool!!!
- Everyone who gave me support during the development!!
- and You, for giving the character a try, I hope you enjoy them!!
15 Comments
Chick montblanc gaming #TRYFUGA 5 Sep, 2024 @ 1:29pm 
i really like to fight as this hot lizard, good job mate.:steamthumbsup:
v0ox 14 Aug, 2024 @ 2:52pm 
Who's this character in the 5th image? Looks like a black fox.
neurosis51 2 Mar, 2024 @ 6:12pm 
If you could jump cancel D-air on successful hits it would at least least make it rewarding to edge guard lower off stage and open up varied confirms in combos and neutral.
neurosis51 2 Mar, 2024 @ 6:09pm 
None of the nerfs seem too bad to her overall effectiveness and the chain change for kills is appreciated along with all the neat color alts (Seaside sunrise and Parasite are my preferred ones currently).

More important balance suggestions though: Make her D-air actually useful outside of being aground cancel-able lingering hit box by letting you jump cancel the attack when it connects with the foe. When used off stage even when you get the very weak KB spike hitbox during the beginning frames, Pohaku is stuck in the animation for an eternity and just plummets towards the blast zone. This really limits it's utility since the risk reward is skewed negatively towards you, making it's primary use some pseudo fox nair on stage spam, but worse.
neurosis51 16 Jan, 2024 @ 4:25pm 
Also definitely needs more color alts, but this is a well built workshop.
neurosis51 16 Jan, 2024 @ 4:24pm 
I will say I wish the extra chain explosion was more useful (like at higher percents it actually scales so it still kills instead of stopping all strong knockback and preventing the kill) It's good at low percents for extra conversions, but that's it. Also the feature where you can chain the foe down and then put the stake in the ground to keep them there doesn't really work since they can still run the whole length of the stage at you. I thought it's purpose was supposed to pin them down so you can keep them at the perfect range for your excellent disjointed normals.
neurosis51 16 Jan, 2024 @ 4:20pm 
This character doesn't have any substantial previews in motion or a showcase, but is a high quality art + animation workshop character, fun to play as well.
ExWaiZee 15 Jan, 2024 @ 12:58am 
More lava reps let's goooo
Dr. Apartment 14 Jan, 2024 @ 10:45pm 
I think I have a crush on her
Opengunner 14 Jan, 2024 @ 9:47pm 
congrats on release!